Dairy
We are nearing the end of December, meaning it won’t be long until the calving season kicks off all over...
There is no doubt that 2024 proved to be a challenging year for farmers, and so farmers should be analysing...
N.Ireland
Familiarising heifers with the milking facilities and getting them parlour trained is the final piece of the puzzle for getting...
Calving down and heifer mastitis, or in some scenarios, having a blind quarter, can be a massive issue on farms....
The 38th edition of the Black & White sale held at the Borderway Sale Centre attracted a massive crowd of dairy...
For many spring calving herds, the majority of the herd has been dried off by now. It is important that...
As we are now in the month of December, many cows around the country are dried off at this point...
This week’s Dairy Focus takes us to another farm in France where the farmer focuses on achieving a high protein...
Many farmers have started to dry off their first calvers and their thin cows, and perhaps they should body condition...
Now that virtually every silage pit is open and silage is the main source of forage in the cow’s diet,...
Now that the majority of the autumn calving cows have now calved down, it is time to ensure that they...
Controlling your somatic cell count (SCC) is not always easy during the early lactation of your winter milking herds, particularly...
Agriland visited the headquarters of Coopex Montbeliarde in Besançon, eastern France where some of the finest bulls in the stud...
It is a well-known fact that the first 100 days for dairy heifers sets the precedent for the rest of...
A family farm ran by Earl Bichet in Etray, France milks 43 Montbeliardes, where his milk goes towards Comté cheese...
The cold spell of weather in the last week has turned most milking cows and cattle in for housing full-time,...
Mortellaro (also known as digital dermatitis) is an infectious disease that affects the skin close to the hoof and is...
We are now into the middle of November, which means that the start of the breeding season for the autumn...
